My Viao has cxrashed 7-8 time this evening, sometimes within a few minutes of rebooting, somtimes a couple of hours.

I've run malware on it, disabled as many non essential programmes as I can, checked the core temps which all look ok, so have no idea what's causing it. The only programme I have recently installed was the NAD ASIO USB driver on Friday lunchtime. This is the first time it's happened.

Can't even try that now, Windows failed to start is trying to self repair now. I just about managed to save the HD tracks file onto my external HDD but potentially could lose about a dozen or CD albums that I ripped from borrowed freinds copies.

Thanks, I'll need that. It's not fixed, it's still sick. Really heffed off with it now, first PC I have ever had any problems with, and I have taken good care of this one, rarely use it for day to stuff, never knocked it or bashed it up. Sod's law huh. It keeps freezing this evening, at least I can't blame the NAD USB driver. Did a quick check on the graphics and audio drivers and they are all up to date.

BenLaw wrote:

SteveR750 wrote:

CD albums that I ripped from borrowed freinds copies.

Karma teaching you a lesson?

Possibly, except that they belong to my g/f, some of which I bought for her. She is not quite so meticulous with her storage of CDs so some have gone missing / damaged....

I checked using the W7 device manager menu, and clicked on the check for updates box for each device - so this will be done through the Viao network.

I haven't had the blue screen today, just a complete freeze, the mouse doesnt work, the screen saver stops. The only recovery is through a power down and reboot, upon which it starts fine (after giving me the safe mode options)